Literature: Easy Rules

[Whirdy at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 32574

All this endless palaver about what catagory HP et al fall into should be 
sent to the Book Editor at the NY Times (by the way, has anyone seen a list 
of best sellers containing HP lately?).

At the time, my spouse and I had developed a simple means of guiding our 
children's selection of "age-proper" material.  First, we read it (an 
important adjunct in helping your kids).  Then we put in on the shelf.  The 
rule was "if you can reach it without help, you can read it."

Let the librarians, academicians, catagorizers, labelers, etc. argue how many 
Potters can seek on the tip of a wand.  

I read and re-read HP because JKR is a great storyteller and it is an added 
treat to tweak her on anamolies or paradoxes in the narrative.  I would also 
suggest that it is equally instructive to hear HP read (just the Dale tapes; 
must write to UK for Fry).

So unless there is some great new insight or revelation, can we loose the 
Three Fates on this thread?

With due apology to those who find the discussion relevant and yes, I do use 
the Subject: to by pass many, but you are a fecund group when it comes to 
writing things down.

from deep in the forbidded forest

whirdy


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